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Ulpian

American  
[uhl-pee-uhn] / ˈʌl pi ən /

noun

  1. Domitius Ulpianus, died a.d. 288?, Roman jurist.


Ulpian British  
/ ˈʌlpɪən /

noun

  1. Latin name Domitius Ulpianus. died ?228 ad , Roman jurist, born in Phoenicia

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For, O Ulpian, the word ἑφθοπώλιον, a boiled meat shop, is used by Posidippus, in his Little Boy.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

Compared with this estimate, that which was propounded by the praetorian prefect Ulpian was a great improvement.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

For you shall not take a share of any of these things before either you, or your fellow-pupil Ulpian, tell me why the cestreus is the only fish which is called the faster.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

So when he had drunk, Ulpian asked him again where the word κνισολοῖχος is used, and also, what are the lines of Asius in which he uses the word κνισοκόλαξ?

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

A good example of an early Roman basilica is that called the Ulpian in the Forum of Trajan, Rome, dating from A.D.

From Architecture by Bell, Nancy R E Meugens

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